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I want to build an extra play area for my chickens to free range that connects to their predator proof run/coop. It would need to have some sort of chicken wire ceiling to keep out a hawk that won't leave them alone. I considered buying an enclosed run from Amazon but the reviews aren't very...

I discovered one of my chickens to be stumbling, weak, thin, and has an extremely dry, pale comb. I don’t feel a hard mass in her abdomen so I don’t think she’s egg bound but I lubed her vent anyway. I gave her a few syringes of an electrolyte mix and she is now furiously eating a slurry of her...

After 3 years I've had my first fatality due to a hawk attack. My poor girl was ripped open in front of her flock a mere 10 minutes before I got home. I've been keeping everyone in their covered run since then, but I feel terrible since they love to free-range and forage in the backyard. I've...

I have two chickens that i have been treating with SMZ for chronic diarrhea. They have been treated for several days with no improvement but still have a few more days left. They are eating, drinking, and acting perfectly fine, however today one of them has started wheezing when she breathes...

I have recently seen crows/ravens chasing hawks away from my chickens on at least two different occasions. One of those times they actually got the hawk to drop the chicken that it was flying away with! My girls are all full grown and sizeable. Should I try to encourage the crows to continue...

I just brought home four "retired" hens from a high-yield egg production farm. They are Golden Comets, roughly 14-20 months in age, have tipped beaks and horrendously broken and missing feathers, and were pulled from a barn containing 10,000 other birds. These poor girls don't know how to...

I currently have a PVC pipe gravity feeder that has worked brilliantly for the last year. Over the last few days something has thrown all of the food out onto the ground. What used to last a few days, was gone within 12 hours today (mostly overnight). I buried a predator apron and have 1/2...

One of my hens has been giving me extremely fragile eggs with calcium deposits for the last few months. Prior to this she was laying beautiful, smooth, blue eggs. I am feeding them layer ration along with fresh vegetables and scratch. I added oyster shells in a separate dish and shell grit...

Someone tried to steal my Easter Egger (the smallest adult in my flock) by dragging her through a hole in the fence. The hole is surprisingly small but there were several feathers on each side. I found her hiding and unscathed in a clump of bushes. I think it may have been a friendly...

I've had tons of different animals but never a chicken...or 8 of them. I'm excited to give my girls the best I can give and am open to any and all suggestions. I'm currently trying to decide on colors for my coop and would love ideas. Color makes me happy but I don't want it to be garish.